SOC101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Tabula Rasa, Peer Group, Upper Class
9 Oct 2018
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Is this possible: we can all agree we have little knowledge at birth, over time (and throughout life) we are socialized. We learn (and relearn) how to be special: we learn how to be social, we certainly, have a genetic code, and certainly are also socialized throughout out life, social determinism is most important. In other words: were they always corrupt, or were they socialized to be corrupt (through the academy, etc. : socialization vs. genetic makeup, may have developed a taste for abuse through socialization. Agents of socialization: agents of socialization the people / groups (cid:449)ho are respo(cid:374)si(cid:271)le for o(cid:374)e(cid:859)s so(cid:272)ializatio(cid:374) If you grow up in middle/upper class, police are usually your friend: school will teach you a lot, but differ in terms of quality, political/social learning, mass media. Images in media tell us various things about society/what is normal: what it (cid:373)ea(cid:374)s to (cid:271)e a (cid:862)se(cid:454)(cid:455) (cid:449)o(cid:373)a(cid:374)(cid:863, legal system, upper/middle class may have faith in the legal system.
